The Basilica of the Madonna delle Lacrime (Sanctuary of the Virgin of Tears), also called Madonnina delle Lacrime is a 20th-century Roman Catholic Marian shrine church in Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. The modern building, derided by some as an inverted ice-cream cone, dominates the skyline of the approach to Ortigia.
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When we visited , there were only three nuns living there and we saw two of them. The grounds are very picturesque, high on a hill and with beautiful flowers ...
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The statue of the Virgin, covered with a rich hand-woven silver mantle, is made of wood, has a total weight of over 640 kg and was carried on shoulders from ...
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Questo Santuario, costruito in stile neoclassico, è poco conosciuto ma vale la pena visitarlo per la sua composta tranquillità e il senso di pace che emana. La ...
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Designed to evoke a gigantic teardrop, the structure was created by two Frenchmen, Michel Arnault and Pierre Parat, in 1994. It houses a statue of the Madonna ...
This enormous church can be seen from miles around: it sits right on Capo Tindari, its dome glistening in the sun. A sanctuary was built here in the 16th ...
The Sanctuary is located in the province of Varese Azzate VA , is so called because it stands on the shore of a small lake and is set in a splendid natural ...